[ it's suddenly very clear why oli and nick are friends, same need to dismiss terrible trauma with 'no big deal, whatever' ]
Dude, having a stress response to a traumatizing event is normal and healthy.
[ there's a lot more there to unpack, branding and near death experiences and oli nearly killing a guy. but he's gotta address one thing at a time. ]
Okay, so there's a lot there you should absolutely talk about. But I get that I'm pointedly not your therapist, so, uh, you got the trigger narrowed down, so exposure therapy is probably the way to go. You tell someone you trust about it, and then you get your body to stop reacting to it by, well, exposing yourself to the trigger, gradually.
[ caleb's not really into choke play but he'd be willing to help. he has the whole empathy thing on his side, and he could stop oli from trying to kill him if things blew up. ]
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Dude, having a stress response to a traumatizing event is normal and healthy.
[ there's a lot more there to unpack, branding and near death experiences and oli nearly killing a guy. but he's gotta address one thing at a time. ]
Okay, so there's a lot there you should absolutely talk about. But I get that I'm pointedly not your therapist, so, uh, you got the trigger narrowed down, so exposure therapy is probably the way to go. You tell someone you trust about it, and then you get your body to stop reacting to it by, well, exposing yourself to the trigger, gradually.
[ caleb's not really into choke play but he'd be willing to help. he has the whole empathy thing on his side, and he could stop oli from trying to kill him if things blew up. ]